PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - E Garcia-Pachon
AU  - LC Fernandez
AU  - F Lopez-Azorin
AU  - I Padilla-Navas
TI  - Pseudochylothorax in pleural effusion due to coronary artery bypass surgery
AID  - 10.1183/09031936.99.13614899
DP  - 1999 Jun 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - 1487--1488
VI  - 13
IP  - 6
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/13/6/1487.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/13/6/1487.full
SO  - Eur Respir J1999 Jun 01; 13
AB  - This study describes a 64-yr-old male with a chronic left pleural effusion following a coronary artery bypass 3 yrs earlier. On thoracocentesis, turbid fluid was obtained with crystals of cholesterol on microscopic examination, establishing the diagnosis of pseudochylothorax. The pleural fluid cholesterol level was 207 mg x dL(-1) (5.36 mmol x L(-1)). This is the first report of pseudochylothorax in a chronic pleural effusion due to coronary artery bypass surgery.